The red sun burns in
the windows of the city:
everything is lost.
De avondzon brandt	Die Abendsonne
in de ramen van de stad:	brennt in den Fenstern der Stadt:
alles verloren.	alles verloren.

Poem H3965
Amsterdam, 2023-07-22
A thousand meters (Antonia Pozzi) - 1937
Poem "Mille metri", written to Emilio Comici on September 20^th, 1937
"la tua città coi vetri in fiamme [..] Dove hai lasciato le tue vesti, i volti delle ragazze, i remi?" ("your city with windows on fire [..] Where did you put your clothes, the faces of the girls, the oars?")
Collection: After the festivities
Keyword: Sun: blazing 
Tribute to: Pozzi, Antonia